CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): Security forces have retaken control of Shinwari district of central Parwan province, government sources said on Tuesday, but the Taliban said the district was still in their hands.
Provincial police chief Abdul Rauf Uruzgani told Pajhwok Afghan News that security forces recaptured the district’s center on Monday night.
Mohammad Hamid Niazi, head of provincial coordination center, said the special forces from central units with air support entered the district building after several hours of fighting at around 11:30pm.
A resident of Shinwari, who did not want to be named, said in a phone call this morning . . .
